MacKinlay Kantor Papers 1885-1977 (bulk 1920-1970)

Canter family

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Sanders, Sydney

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Robbins, Charles L.

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Grayson, Charles.

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Brown, Ned, 1940-

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Commins, Saxe -1958

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McCann, Timmothy B.

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Whiteman, Richard

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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961

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Born in 1899, Ernest Hemingway was the second of six children born to Grace Hall and Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. Ernest developed a love of literature and music from his mother, a trained opera singer and music teacher after her marriage, and gained a keen interest in outdoor sports--hunting, fishing, woodscraft--from his father, a doctor and avid naturalist. Divided between the family's home in Oak Park, Illinois, and their summer cottage on Lake Waldoon in Michigan, Ernest's chil...

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...

LeMay, Curtis E. (Curtis Emerson), 1906-1990

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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965. LeMay joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, the precursor to the U.S. Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl ...

Stout, Rex, 1886-1975

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Rex Stout was an American author best known for his detective fiction. He was born December 1, 1886 in Noblesville, Indiana, the sixth of nine children. In 1887 his parents, John and Lucetta Stout, bought a forty-acre farm south of Topeka, Kansas, where Stout grew up. As a young man, Stout tried several trades, including bookkeeping (with a stint in the Navy as a bookkeeper on Theodore Roosevelt's yacht), ushering at an opera house in Topeka, studying law, and working as a cigar store clerk....

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965

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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the 33rd vice president of the United States, and the 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was also the presidential nominee of the left-wing Progressive Party in the 1948 election. The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Henry A. Wallace was born in Adair County, Iowa in...

Coward-McCann Publishers

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Stahl, Ben, 1910-1987

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Benjamin Stahl was born September 7, 1910, in Chicago, Ill. and died October, 1987, in Sarasota, Fla. He was an artist, illustrator, educator, and author, whose work won many honors and awards. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 5, 54. From the description of Benjamin Albert Stahl Papers 1971. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 456170468 Benjamin Stahl was born September 7, 1910, in Chicago, Ill. and died October, 19...

Canter family.

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Loy, Myrna, 1905-1993

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Actress. From the description of Reminiscences of Myrna Loy : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131801 American actress; d. 1993. From the description of Myrna Loy collection, 1915-1998. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70960154 ...

Mayes, Herbert R. (Herbert Raymond), 1900-1987

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Magazine publisher; interviewee d. 1987. From the description of Reminiscences of Herbert Raymond Mayes : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481168 ...

Cloete, Stuart, 1897-

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South African novelist and rancher; b. in France; d. 1976. From the description of Stuart Cloete collection, 1927-1976. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70974925 British poet and novelist. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, [1938?-1945?]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122490282 ...

McCann, Tim

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Robbins, Charles, 1904-

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Hatch, Alden, 1898-1975

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Biographer, historian and novelist. Married to Ruth Brown and later to Allene Gaty. Died 1975. Allene Hatch was born 1926. She is an author, artist, and illustrator of several of Alden Hatch' books. From the description of Papers of Alden and Allene Gaty Hatch, 1900-1993, bulk 1933-1975. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 38239825 Alden Hatch was born Sept. 26, 1898, in New York, the son of Frederick Horace and May Palmer Daly ...

Sanders, Sydney A.

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MacDonald, John D. (John Dann), 1916-1986

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American novelist. From the description of The end of the night, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536373 The University of British Columbia's third president, John Barfoot Macdonald, was born in Toronto on February 23, 1918. Graduating with a degree of doctor of dental surgery from the University of Toronto in 1942, he served as captain in the Canadian Dental Corps during World War II. Following the war Macdonald studied biology at the University of Illinois and Colum...

Engle, Paul, 1908-1991

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Paul Engle was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on October 12, 1908. Engle attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, where he graduated cum laude in 1931, emphasizing English literature, American history and languages. In 1932, Paul Engle received his M.A. from the University of Iowa. In the fall of 1933, Paul Engle received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. He sailed for England, enrolled in Merton College at Oxford University, and began studies under the poet Edmund Blunden. He was awarded a second M...

Ives, Burl, 1909-1995

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Carl Sandburg once called Burl Ives "America's Great Ballad Singer." From the 1940s to the 1960s, his diverse talents and spirited performances made him one of America's best-loved entertainers. The traditional repertoire of American folk tunes represented in his performances was considerably different from the popular music of the day. His presence on the musical scene not only served to sustain an awareness of neglected American folk songs, but would contribute to the resurgence of interest in...

Crawford, Will, 1869-1944

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Hayes, Joseph, 1918-2006

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Ferrer, José, 1835-1916

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Reynolds, Paul Revere, 1904-

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American author and literary agent; d. 1988. From the description of Paul R. Reynolds collection, 1968. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969344 Epithet: publisher, of New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000055 ...

Fisher, M.F.K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992

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Author M.F.K. Fisher wrote mainly about food. For biographical information, see M.F.K. Fisher, A Life in Letters: Correspondence, 1929-1991 (1997). Doris Tobias was a freelance food and wine writer. From the description of Letter of M.F.K. Fisher, 1985. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 472792486 Author M.F.K. Fisher wrote mainly about food. For biographical information, see M.F.K. Fisher, A Life in Letters: Correspondence, 1929-1991 (1997). Janet Fries is a lawyer p...

Longwell, Daniel

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Epithet: of 'Life' magazine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x00003a ...

Friede, Donald

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Literary agent and publisher. From the description of Papers, 1919-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28415913 From the description of Donald Friede papers, 1919-1980 (bulk 1925-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069032 Biographical Note 1901, May 12 Born, New York, N.Y. 1901 ...

Brown, Ned

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Ned Brown was a literary agent starting in the 1930s/1940s. He married Myra Berry in 1942 while she was working as a writers’ secretary at Hollywood motion picture studios. Shortly after they were married Ned enlisted in the Navy and his wife took over his offices while he was gone. They had three children: Lorna, Betsy, and Jonathon. Ned ran MCA’s literary division until its dismantle in 1963 and then started his own business, the Ned Brown Agency. From the guide to the Ned Brown pa...

United States. Air Force

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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...

Swanson, H. N.

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Glendenning, Richard

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Mollenhoff, Clark R. (Clark Raymond), 1921-1991

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Clark R. Mollenhoff (b. 1921) was a Washington reporter from 1950 to 1969, and Washington bureau chief for the Des Moines Register from 1970 to 1976. He served as special counsel to the President from 1969 to 1970. From the description of Mollenhoff, Clark R. (Clark Raymond), 1921-1991 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580415 Author and journalist. Clark R. Mollenhoff was the Pulitzer prize-winning journalist who wrote Atanasoff: Forgo...

Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950

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Walter Johannes Damrosch (1862-1950) was a German-born conductor and composer in the U.S. From the description of Walter Damrosch presentation volume, 1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517384 From the guide to the Walter Damrosch presentation volume, 1928, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American conductor and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to "My dear and heaven sent Isadora ...

Gray, David, 1870-1968

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David Gray (1870-1968) was born in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Harvard University in 1892, and received a Doctor of Letters from Bowdoin College in 1925. He married Maude Livingston Hall Waterbury, an aunt to Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1914. Between 1893 and 1899, he worked as a reporter and editorial writer for several Rochester and Buffalo newspapers. Gray was admitted to the bar in 1899, and served as a Captain in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. From 1899 onward, his ...

Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003

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Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967

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Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American author, editor and poet. He won three Pulitzer prizes, two for his poetry and the third for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. From the guide to the Carl Sandburg Collection, 1924-1954, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) American poet, novelist and historian, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for Abraham Lincoln: the War Years and the other for The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg ...

Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964

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English and journalism professor, dean and author. From the description of Papers of Frank Luther Mott, 1918-1963. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233135576 ...

Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Alfred A. Knopf and his wife, Blanche Knopf. From the description of Letters, 1928-1944, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155870929 Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Alfred A. Knopf : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743309 American publisher. From the description of Typed letters signed (1...

Wood, Grant, 1891-1942

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Artist from Iowa. From the description of Letters, 1933-1941. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233127101 Painter; Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From the description of Return from Bohemia / by Grant Wood, 1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78407270 From the description of Grant Wood scrapbooks, 1900-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84557090 Grant Wood was born near Anamosa, Iowa, in 1891. In 1901 he moved with his family to Cedar ...

Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Cotten : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569597 ...

Whiteman, Richard

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Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Author & publisher. Columbia A.B. 1919; Litt.B. 1920. From the guide to the Bennett Cerf Papers, ca. 1898-1977., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Publisher and editor. Founder of Random House, New York, with Donald S. Klopfer; president, 1927-1966; and chairman of the board, 1966- Other publishing affiliations include Bantam Books (New York) and Modern Library, Inc. (New York). From the description of Calling card : N...

Commins, Saxe.

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Commins was chief editor at Random House from 1933 to 1958 and edited a number of selections of others' writings. From the description of Saxe Commins papers, 1930-1973 (bulk 1945-1960). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 77586124 ...

Grayson, Charles, 1903-1973

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Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Samson Raphaelson, playwright, screenwriter, and teacher, wrote scenarios for many of the films directed by Ernst Lubitsch from 1931 until 1947, Raphaelson taught screenwriting at Columbia from 1976 until 1982, and also taught at the University of Illinois in 1920/21 and in 1948. From the guide to the Samson Raphaelson Papers, 1916-1982, (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Author, playwright; interviewee d.1983. From the des...

Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas), 1876-

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Cagney, James, 1899-1986

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of James Cagney : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122573987 Harlan Ware (1902-1967) (whose full name was William Harlan Ware) was born in Lakota, North Dakota, and educated in the public schools of Winnetka, Illinois. He was a police reporter for the City News Bureau in Chicago. He wrote novels, plays, and radio scripts. His best-known scripts are for the radio programs "The B...

Hibbs, Ben, 1901-1975

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Ben Hibbs (1901-1975) was an editor for the Saturday Evening Post from 1942 to 1961, and Senior Editor in 1962. From 1963 to 1972, Hibbs was the Senior Editor of Reader's Digest. He collaborated with Dwight D. Eisenhower on his writings for The Saturday Evening Post and Reader’s Digest. From the description of Hibbs, Ben, 1901-1975 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10609978 ...

Marquand, John P. (John Phillips), 1893-1960

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Marquand was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his novels of upper class New England life and for his stories of the fictional detective Mr. Moto. From the description of Correspondence, 1892-1960. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468968 From the description of Compositions, 1892-1951. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83157834 From the guide to the John Phillips Marquand correspondence, 1892-1960., (Houghton Library, Har...

Vallée, Rudy 1901-1986

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Bandleader, singer, saxophonist, actor, and publisher. From the description of Autograph card signed : [n.p.], [197-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270913282 Rudy Vallee was one of the most popular vocalists of the pre-swing era. With his megaphone and nasal voice, he will forever be remembered as the archetypal image of the early crooners. Born in Island Pond, Vermont, in 1901, Hubert Prior Vallee grew up in Westbrook, Maine, where he played drums in his high school band...

Taradash, Daniel, 1913-2003

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Daniel Taradash was a screenwriter and playwright. He was born in 1913 and received degrees from Harvard College and passed the New York Bar in 1937. In 1938, he was brought to Hollywood to write screenplays for Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures. In 1941, he entered the United States Army. During the time of his service, he wrote many incentive and morale films as well as industrial training films. In 1946, he returned to Hollywood where he continued to write plays and screenplays. He rec...

Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960

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Franklin Pierce Adams was a journalist and writer. Born in Chicago, he decided to become a writer and moved to New York, where he wrote for various newspapers. His signature column was The Conning Tower, an enormously popular compilation of satire, light verse, literary criticism, politics, and social commentary, all made accessible by Adams' unpretentious wit. His friends in the New York literary circle also contributed to his column, including Dorothy Parker, Sinclair Lewis, Edna Ferber, and G...

Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973

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Contains correspondence from Gladys Lloyd Cassell Robinson, wife of Edward G. Robinson. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1940-1944. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155893597 American actor and author; b. Emanuel Goldenberg in Romania. From the description of Edward G. Robinson collection, 1912-1988. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 71055456 Edward G. Robinson owned an electric company in Auro...

Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977

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Novelist from Iowa. From the description of Letters, 1934-1973. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233121203 Kantor was born in Webster City, Iowa. His first of more than thirty novels, Diversey, was about Chicago gangsters. Many of the later novels were based on the Civil War, including Andersonville, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1956. From the description of MacKinlay Kantor manuscripts, 1927-1932. (State Historical Society of...

Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943

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Stephen Vincent Beńet was born July 22, 1898, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, into a military family. His father had a wide appreciation for literature, and Beńet's siblings, William Rose and Laura, also becmae writers. Beńet attended Yale University where he published two collections of poetry, Five Men and Pompey (1915), The Drug-Shop (1917). His studies were interrupted by a year of civilian military service; he worked as a cipher-clerk in the same department as James Thurber. He graduated fro...

Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993

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Actress, director. From the description of Reminiscences of Lillian Gish : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742647 Actress. From the description of Papers of Lillian Gish, 1920-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130921 Actress whose career spanned the silent film era till the 1980's. From the description of Papers, 1919-1997. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 392...

Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941

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Author, newspaper editor. From the description of Letter to Maurice Hanline, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56349777 American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. From the guide to the Sherwood Anderson miscellany, 1981, undated, (The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.) Author. From the description of Death in the woods : annotated short story, circa 1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Van de Water, Frederic Franklyn, 1890-1968

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Author. From the guide to the Frederick Franklyn Van de Water papers, 1931-1935, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Kantor, Irene Layne

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McKinley family.

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Leech, Margaret, 1893-1974

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Margaret Kernochan Leech was an American novelist, biographer, historian, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. From the description of Margaret Leech papers, 1933-1973. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367993 From the guide to the Margaret Leech papers, 1933-1973., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Margaret Kernochan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974) also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American author and histo...